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be honest, if you and partner/dh were offered 5 million each to seperate...

338 replies

cutthelawn · 05/10/2022 21:35

Basically you can have all the custody of the kids if you want but you must separate permanently from your oh and you are both given 5 million each to start again would you do it>?

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Lulibee · 05/10/2022 22:44

Hell yes!!!
After 35 years I’d love to go it alone. He’s a nice guy but bores me to death

Lochjeda · 05/10/2022 22:45

No I don't think I would but maybe if it was reality I would 🤣

Bearsporridge · 05/10/2022 22:46

I don’t think anyone else would put up with me like dh does, unless I paid them the 5m, and they still wouldn’t be dh.

LittleMyIsMySpiritAnimal · 05/10/2022 22:46

I'd like to say no I wouldn't but then I think of how much it would help so many issues that affect DH and DD, DH could have the health help he needs especially. I think I'd be tempted to accept to make life better for DH and DD as much as myself.

Soundoftheundergroun81 · 05/10/2022 22:48

If I couldn’t enjoy that kind of money with my husband then I wouldn’t want it, all our hopes and dreams are to do lovely things together

cutthelawn · 05/10/2022 22:48

But we are not poor. We've both been poor at various stages in life and I know that if we were strugging now the way we each struggled in our twenties, we might be tempted

yes and that is important here and what people here who have money are forgetting. I see this on lottery threads also, many saying they wouldn't want the money etc and making money appear insignificant. These views come often from a place of privilege.

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Idratherbepaddleboarding · 05/10/2022 22:50

Oh hell yes!

Pandor · 05/10/2022 22:51

No way, we’d all be much poorer, in spite of having much more money.

BrightBlueFlamingo · 05/10/2022 22:51

@ Lulibee, I so hear you!!

toastfiend · 05/10/2022 22:51

No. He drives me mad sometimes, and I him, but he is also one of the best people I know. My life would be immeasurably worse without him in it and 5 million wouldn't change that. Perhaps my opinion is skewed, though, because we are comfortably off, if not wealthy, so 5 million, whilst a huge amount of money, wouldn't drastically improve our immediate circumstances in a tangible enough way for it to be worthwhile.

BertaHoon · 05/10/2022 22:51

50 quid, signed and sealed.

Woohoo!

purpliee · 05/10/2022 22:51

I'd do it for free!

Luredbyapomegranate · 05/10/2022 22:52

No, but we are not poor. Not especially well off either, but OK. So not worth it.

SaltedCaramelIcedLatte · 05/10/2022 22:52

Yep!!!

Forgottenmypasswordagain · 05/10/2022 22:52

No.

Getofftheladder · 05/10/2022 22:52

No way.

Calligraph · 05/10/2022 22:54

readwritelove · 05/10/2022 21:41

Would we be allowed to meet up for a bunk up?

😂😂😂

Watchthesunrise · 05/10/2022 22:55

Nope

DementedPanda · 05/10/2022 22:56

We'd sign divorce papers and remain fuck buddies... that counts yeah???

EscapeRoomToTheSun · 05/10/2022 22:57

But what would I do with the money without him! That would be no fun.

Sunflower987 · 05/10/2022 22:58

No

WelcomeMats · 05/10/2022 23:01

Just asked my partner. He said no for 5 million but said he’d consider it for 5 billion. I was offended. But then he said, you would have to consider how many people and animals you could help with that sort of money. And that’s why I wouldn’t dump him for 5 million. He’s a good egg,

BrightBlueFlamingo · 05/10/2022 23:01

@readwritelove, if that's the condition count me out!!😂

Jellicoe · 05/10/2022 23:01

Nah. DH earns this anyway

Augend23 · 05/10/2022 23:01

I'm surprised how many wouldn't take the money tbh.

I don't have a partner currently so have no answer, but I agree having grown up without any money that whether or not I was comfortable would make a difference. I am comfortable and I still worry about money.

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